Research Article

Managing Nonagenarians with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Invasive versus Conservative Treatment

Table 1

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics.

PCI group (n = 24, 59%)Medical treatment group (n = 17, 41%) value

Age (years)0.073
Male sex, n (%)9 (38)5 (29)0.591
Body mass index (kg/m2)0.023
Hypertension, n (%)14 (58)10 (59)0.975
Diabetes, n (%)5 (21)3 (18)0.800
Dyslipidemia, n (%)3 (13)1 (6)0.482
Smoking, n (%)5 (21)3 (18)0.800
History of coronary artery disease, n (%)4 (17)2 (12)0.662

Killip class at admission, n (%)
 I12 (50)8 (47)0.853
 II5 (21)3 (17)0.800
 III6 (25)2 (12)0.292
 IV1 (4)4 (24)0.062
LVEF at admission (%)0.694
High bleeding risk by ARC-HBR criteria, n (%)17 (71)11 (64)0.678

LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; ARC-HBR, the Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk.